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Subject: The Creator prepares the instr
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arfncool 10.06.10 - 07:07am
Suppose I manufacture a video cassette recorder (VCR). Do I have to become a VCR to know what is good or what is bad for the VCR? What do I do? I write an instruction manual: In order to watch a video cassette, insert the cassette and press the play b*tton. In order to stop, press the stop b*tton. If you want to fast forward press the FF b*tton. Do not drop it from a height or it will get damaged. Do not immerse it in water or it will get spoilt. I write an instruction manual that lists the various dos and donts for the machine.
Holy Quran is the instruction manual for the human being:
Similarly, our Lord and Creator Allah (swt) need not take human form to know what is good or bad for the human being. He chooses to reveal the instruction manual. The last and final instruction manual of the human beings is the Glorious Quran. The dos and donts for the human beings are mentioned in the Quran.
If you allow me to compare human beings with machines, I would say humans are more complicated than the most complex machines in the world. Even the most advanced computers, which are extremely complex, are pale in comparison to the myriad physical, psychological, genetic and social factors that affect individual and collective human life.
The more advanced the machine, greater is the need for its instruction manual. By the same logic, dont human beings require an instruction manual by which to govern their own lives?
Allah chooses Messengers:
Allah (swt) need not come down personally for giving the instruction manual. He chooses a man amongst men to deliver the message and communicates with him at a higher level through the medium of revelations. Such chosen men are called messengers and prophets of God.
Some people are blind and deaf:
Despite the absurdity of the philosophy of anthropomorphism, followers of many religions believe in and preach it to others. Is it not an insult to human intelligence and to the Creator who gave us this intelligence? Such people are truly deaf and blind despite the faculty of hearing and sight given to them by Allah. The Quran says:
Deaf, dumb, and blind,
They will not return (to the path). [Al-Qur'an 2:18]
The Bible gives a similar message in the Gospel of Matthew:
Seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. [The Bible, Matthew 13:13]
A similar message is also given in the Hindu Scriptures in the Rigveda.
There maybe someone who sees the words and yet indeed does not see them; may be another one who hears these words but indeed does not hear them. 1
[Rigveda 10:71:4]
All these scriptures are telling their readers that though the things are made so clear yet many people divert away from the truth.
Attributes of God:
To Allah belong the most beautiful names:
The Quran says:
Say: Call upon Allah, or
Call upon Rahman:
By whatever name you call
Upon Him, (it is well):
For to Him belong
The Most Beautiful Names.
[Al-Qur'an 17:110]
A similar message regarding the beautiful names of Allah (swt) is repeated in the Quran in Surah Al-Araf (7:180), in Surah Taha (20:8) and in Surah Al-Hashr (59:24).
The Quran gives no less than ninety-nine different attributes to Almighty Allah. The Quran refers to Allah as Ar-Rahman (Most Gracious), Ar-Raheem (Most Merciful) and Al-Hakeem (All Wise) among many other names. You can call Allah by any name but that name should be beautiful and should not conjure up a mental picture. *
